Biggest Villa away following?

[exiled on the wirral!]

One night that springs to mind was the league cup quarter final at spurs in 1993-94. We had the whole end upstairs and downstairs and the atmoshere was the best one ive experienced. They must have been at least 7000 and it was a night match.

[usav]

One night that springs to mind was the league cup quarter final at spurs in 1993-94. We had the whole end upstairs and downstairs and the atmoshere was the best one ive experienced. They must have been at least 7000 and it was a night match.

Yes and annoyingly, I was one row in front of where the roof ended, so I got absolutely drenched during the second-half down pour.

It all kicked off afterwards as well for good measure.

[Dave Clark Five]

Blackpool and Hillsborough in 1975 are the ones that stick in my mind too.
The Sheff Weds game for obvious reasons. I remember my fifth or sixth Nan of the season died that day so I could leave work about 3.pm and get to VP for the Travellers Club coaches. Apart from the match and the resulting scenes of ecstasy one thing that sticks in my mind is going along the A38 through Derby on the way to the game and the coach pulling up in a long queue of coaches by a park with a public loo that we could use and the locals who lived opposite coming out of their houses and staring in amazement at the Villa Hordes on their way to a midweek away match. Happy days!
The Blackpool game sticks in the memory for lots of different reasons ( I'll start a thread about it in the next couple of days, unless someone cares to beat me to it) suffice to say it was one of those 'Oh What Fun We Had' days.

When we finally left Hillsborough after invading the pitch /main stand for our celebrations, we ended up in the Hillfoot Working Mens Club where they decided to put us into the function room. The function room was otherwise empty. There were tables all around the perimeter upon which we did a drunken lap of honour, round and round the room. We hardly believed what villa had achieved, especially so soon after the great days of the Third Division. 

[AV82EC]

With restricted all ticket away allocations we won't get any of these again but the largest I was part of was probabaly 6000 of us turning up at the Dell for an away game in I think early 91-92 and the coppers couldn't believe how many of us there were, the whole end behind the goal and a fair few seats on the left hand side. It was fucking hot as well probably 80-85 degrees.

The smallest away following I've been part of was Leeds away in the same 91/92 season, there can't have been more than 500 of us.  From recollection there was a bloke in front of us with the worst smelling farts ever............

[cdbearsfan]

I reckon the game you were on about at the Dell was a 1-1 draw, Shearer for them, possibly Richardson for us. Flowers should've been sent off but wasn't. I remember being bloody hot but don't remember how many we took there.

[AV82EC]

I reckon the game you were on about at the Dell was a 1-1 draw, Shearer for them, possibly Richardson for us. Flowers should've been sent off but wasn't. I remember being bloody hot but don't remember how many we took there.

Yep thats the one, Richardson in the first minute, Shearer about 10 minutes later and the rest of the game was completely boring.  We did have the whole end though as the copper stood next to us said the West Mids Police had told them to expect about 1500 to 2000 and he told us that end used to hold 5000 or so.

[Fuse]

The Manu Utd game people are talking about where we took a massive following was Nov 5th 1988. It was actually Man Utd's biggest crowd of the season I believe. 1-1 - Sid for us and Quasimodo Potato Head for them. Anyone remember we were locked in afterwards and entertained by Tarzan? Whatever happened to him and who was he?

The Mark Robbins 2-0 Fog game was the following year I believe and nowhere near as many Villa attended.

[PeterWithe]

One not mentioned so far was Stoke in the second division in 1987/88 (?) we had one side of the ground and it was memorable in that the standing section was so packed I only saw the ball three times not counting when it was in the air.

[Chico Hamilton III]

The Manu Utd game people are talking about where we took a massive following was Nov 5th 1988. It was actually Man Utd's biggest crowd of the season I believe. 1-1 - Sid for us and Quasimodo Potato Head for them. Anyone remember we were locked in afterwards and entertained by Tarzan? Whatever happened to him and who was he?

Remember it very well. Also remember the Man United fans celebrating Nov 5th by firing rockets into the Villa end. We went to the Hacienda aftewards and bumped into Bernard from New Order. Still got the photo of me and him.

A massive Villa following.

[Fuse]

The Manu Utd game people are talking about where we took a massive following was Nov 5th 1988. It was actually Man Utd's biggest crowd of the season I believe. 1-1 - Sid for us and Quasimodo Potato Head for them. Anyone remember we were locked in afterwards and entertained by Tarzan? Whatever happened to him and who was he?

Remember it very well. Also remember the Man United fans celebrating Nov 5th by firing rockets into the Villa end. We went to the Hacienda aftewards and bumped into Bernard from New Order. Still got the photo of me and him.

A massive Villa following.

It was Chico. I remember the initial crush that was happening until the coppers started opening more sections behind the goal and eventually on the side of the pitch too - they even moved Utd fans up a section which must have been bizarre.

[Simon Ward]

Has to be Highbury 81? I know plenty of Villa fans who were dotted all round the ground that day and we certainly filled the Clock End!

[Nev]

One not mentioned so far was Stoke in the second division in 1987/88 (?) we had one side of the ground and it was memorable in that the standing section was so packed I only saw the ball three times not counting when it was in the air.

I remember that one well. The paddock had no barriers and 50% appeared to be below pitch level. Add to that the sun shining directly in our eyes and the crowd seemed to be in perpetual motion. I couldn't see a fuckin' thing.

[berneboy]

Dont know if it was the biggest but the one that comes to mind was Notts County away 1971/72 in the 3rd division.
The crowd was 34,000, well over half were Villa. There was no M42 then, the route to Nottingham and indeed to a lot of games Yorkshire direction etc was the road through Tamworth, Measham, Ashby, Castle Donnington.
The traffic jams started around Tamworth, you knew it was all Villa because everybody always had the scarfs out the window.
 

I was about to mention that game. It was Villa owned!
I believe that the wooden stand was vibrating with Villans stamping.
Wonderful times.

[Des Little]

One not mentioned so far was Stoke in the second division in 1987/88 (?) we had one side of the ground and it was memorable in that the standing section was so packed I only saw the ball three times not counting when it was in the air.

I was there - 0-0 wasn't it?  One of  Shaw's last ever (if not last ever?)  games.  I didn't see a thing either.

[LeeB]

One night that springs to mind was the league cup quarter final at spurs in 1993-94. We had the whole end upstairs and downstairs and the atmoshere was the best one ive experienced. They must have been at least 7000 and it was a night match.

I remember that one, Houghton's shot squirming under Thorsvedt (sp?), it was pissing down and we must have been about 3 rows from the front.

I reckon we may have took more there went we went top there in 1990 though, it was still standing and there were Villa everywhere outside.